[3] From 1905 to 1915, he danced with the Warsaw Grand Opera Theater Ballet Company, where he was the main dancer.

In 1915, Pianowski went under contract with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe and remained with the troupe for about 3 years.

[1][6] Pianowski met Ana Pavlova in 1918 while touring with the Italian Opera Company in Santiago Chile.

[3] A year later, he became a soloist with the Warsaw Grand Opera[3] to supplement his income while dancing, he took a job as a teacher at an all-girls school, where he met his wife Sabina.

In 1939, the Germans invaded Poland, the opera house was bombed and Pianowski was taken to a concentration camp in Germany where he was forced to labor in a munitions factory.

[7][1] After a year, Jorge was given a chance to leave Siberia if he joined the Polish army and fight for Russia.

In 1947, Sabina was returned to her native Poland, where she spent three months in a Red Cross hospital.

[1] In 1945, Pianowski was freed by the American army[5] In 1946, he was released from the German work camp, but he declined to go back to Poland.

[9] On July 16, 1958, Pianowski was reunited with his wife thanks to the efforts of Neil and Camille Hess in Amarillo.